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Monday, April 28, 2008

MARK LENNIHAN / AP

Wrigley to be a Mars subsidiary

Under the agreement, shareholders at Chicago-based Wrigley would receive $80 in cash for each share, a 28 percent premium to Wrigley's closing price Friday of $62.45.

UPDATE - 10:32 AM

Mars buying gum maker Wrigley

$23 billion deal has potential to transform the globe's confectionary industry


United and US Airways in advanced talks

Source says United Airlines and US Airways are expected to announce merger within two weeks


Oil nears $120

Oil prices hit an all-time high near $120 a barrel today after a weekend refinery strike closed a North Sea pipeline system


UPDATE - 10:58 AM

Tax rebates start going out today, earlier than planned

UPDATE - 11:09 AM

Times, P-I daily circulations increase, contrary to national industry trends

NEW - 01:59 PM

Physio-Control agrees on plan to revamp defibrillator quality control

NEW - 01:45 PM

Mediquest asks for FDA approval of drug

The Real Estate Deal | Empty homes for sale hit record

NEW - 01:55 PM

Stocks mixed ahead of Fed rate meeting

See tomorrow's Seattle Times for the latest on these and other stories.


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"Touchdown Space" scores with commuters

Microsoft is exploring several ways to make commuting to Redmond easier and more flexible for its workers, so it has created a new "Touchdown Space" in South Lake Union to be used as a temporary stopover to help employees dodge the commute but still be productive.


Coming up

Tuesday

Federal Reserve starts two-day meeting to discuss possible cut in interest rates.

Wednesday

Starbucks Coffee will release its second-quarter financial results after the market closes. A 2 p.m. conference call will be accessible at http://investor.starbucks.com.
Markets at the close
Index Close Change
DJIA 12,871.75 20.11
NASDAQ 2,424.40 1.47
S&P 500 1,396.37 1.47
NW stocks at the close

Best performers

NameLastChange
TGEN0.9322.37%
CSCX9.1010.17%
MVIS3.048.96%
CRAY6.837.56%
LMRA1.455.84%
GRZ3.855.48%
CWLZ9.385.39%
NLS3.425.23%
WCBO13.105.14%
COLB26.145.06%

Worst performers

NameLastChange
EDEN2.25-8.90%
PXLW0.58-6.45%
BDAY3.86-5.85%
CTBK18.75-4.87%
SNUS0.38-3.53%
LSCC3.52-3.30%
CDE3.17-3.06%
WBCO15.50-3.00%
RPFG13.41-2.97%
NSTK1.36-2.86%

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